Once
you are enrolled, you will be provided with access to the NAASAS Academy
website, which will provide you with detailed instructions and guidelines
on how to complete your courses and submit them for grading along with
the NAASAS student handbook. All classes are home study and are at a
college level with required text books and exams. The best part is that
any NAASAS member may apply as there are no prerequisites to take these
courses.

Self-Paced
Study

We
understand that many of our members who enroll in the NAASAS Academy
have busy schedules and will enjoy our independent study format which
is an extraordinarily flexible program that works with any schedule.
Therefore, instead of quarters or semesters, students may enroll at
any time, and progress at their own pace with up to 12 months to complete
their certification. Students will become a certified graduate as
soon as they successfully fulfill course requirements.

Grading

In
order to successfully receive individual certifications or graduate
from our Certification Programs, students must receive at least 80%
on exams. Anyone who receives a lower grade will be given an opportunity
to repeat the exam.

Text
Books

As
many of our students are already well versed in the field of sexuality,
we will provide a list of the books that are required for examinations
once you sign up. If you already have any of the text books that are
required, we will not require you to repurchase them. Rather, we will
send you the exam that goes to the course you are taking.

Required
text book costs are not included in tuition. NAASAS does not sell
the required text books directly; rather, required text books are
purchased on Amazon.com where we have arranged for our required books
to be offered for sale. NAASAS does this so that students may choose
to buy the Kindle, paperback, hard copy version or even decide if
they want to get a used copy of the text book to save money. Most
of our text books are also eligible for free shipping on Amazon. The
required books for each certification program are outlined on the
NAASAS Academy student website once enrolled.

Exam
Requirements

We
will provide students with detailed directions on how to complete
their exams once enrolled. However, we wanted to provide you with
a general overview so that you can understand how the certification
courses and the NAASAS Certification Program works-

Once
enrolled each student is sent access to the password protected NAASAS
Academy website where the books and exam workbooks that are required
for the the certification are made available. Each certification has
multiple text books and some have additional study materials that
must be reviewed before the student may take an open book exam for
each course.

Once an exam is complete it is emailed back to the NAASAS Academy
to be graded. Once the exam is graded you will be mailed your grade.
If you receive a passing grade on all of your courses, you will be
mailed a certificate for the completed certification program. If you
do not pass you will be afforded another opportunity to retake the
exam(s) that you have not passed until you do.

Is
the NAASAS Academy an Accredited Program?

While
the the NAASAS Academy Certification program is a college level program
we are not currently accredited. However, we will be exploring having
our Academy become accredited through the state as our courses expand
and adult organization grows.

Transfer
of Courses to other Schools

As
our courses are extremely specialized, NAASAS certification courses
are not currently eligible for transfer to other schools as they are
not offered elsewhere.

Transfer
of Credits from Other Schools

Again,
as our courses are so specialized, NAASAS is not able to accept transfers
of credits from other college courses.

Can
NAASAS Academy Be Claimed On Your Taxes?

The
IRS has very strict guidelines for making deductions when it comes
to educational expenses, so be sure to read Publication 970, "Business
Deductions for Work-Related Education." In general, employers can
deduct employee educational expenses if the courses maintain or improve
job-related skills, or if employees need the education to continue
in their current job.

If
you are self-employed, you may also write off some educational expenses.
You cannot write off educational expenses that train you in a new
field. As tax regulations and requirements are often changing with
each tax year, you should ask your tax preparer if this is something
that you can do and how to do it to avoid any errors in filing.